Posts Tagged With: Department of Labor

Yesterday, the United States Department of Labor (DoL) issued new guidance on joint employment — that is, when more than one business is involved in the work being performed by a particular employee. This is an increasingly common phenomenon in today’s economy, especially in the construction, agricultural, janitorial, logistics, staffing, and hospitality industries. Employers in… Read More

Entrepreneurs often ask me questions about startup funding — how and where they go about finding all the money they need to launch their ventures. These questions always lead to a conversation about friends-and-family, angel investors, seed funding firms (or “incubators”), venture capital firms, commercial banks, the SBA, and other government grants and funds. During… Read More

Yesterday, the California Court of Appeal issued an unprecedented ruling in See’s Candy Shops, Inc. v. Superior Court. The Court ruled that it was permissible under California law for employers to round employee time when calculating actual hours worked. It is the first published California appellate case to address rounding, which has long been a… Read More